CHIPS Articles: U.S. Navy History and Week in Review

U.S. Navy History and Week in Review

News you may have missed in America’s Navy this past week

By Navy News Service
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January 12, 2018

Happy New Year!

This week in U.S. Navy History:

January 5

On this day: In 1776, the first Continental Navy squadron is ordered to sea by Congress to seek the British off coasts of the Carolinas and Rhode Island and in the Chesapeake Bay; in 1875, Cmdr. Edward Lull leaves New York to begin the Panamanian Expedition to locate the best ship canal route across Panama. The route mapped is followed 30 years later; and in 1945, Kamikaze attacks continued against the U.S. Navy force bound for the Lingayen Gulf. Eight ships were hit and Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler was among those who were killed.

30th Annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium Concludes in Crystal City — The 30th Annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) National Symposium concluded following three days of networking and information sharing highlighted by keynote addresses and panel discussions from naval leaders in Crystal City, Jan. 11. The symposium focused on "Surface Forces and Cross Domain Integration," which highlights common procedures and combined exercises across the air, land, maritime, space, and cyberspace domains in preparation for a more powerful and integrated Naval Surface Force.

Naval War College Kicks Off Lecture Series — For the second year, U.S. Naval War College (NWC) is hosting a series of academic lectures designed for the spouses of staff, faculty, students and all other military spouses in the region wishing to attend. The lecture series, titled "Issues in National Security," was developed in response to requests from spouses and will be held every other Tuesday, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in Spruance Auditorium on campus.

Theodore Roosevelt and Naval Aviation: Then and Now — There is a letter framed in the commanding officer’s in port cabin aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The letter is from the ship’s namesake, written in 1898 when Roosevelt was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The foresight of the author in regards to aviation and the importance he placed on readiness are traits that the U.S. Navy and the ship that bears his name exhibit today.

Navy Research Meteorologists Win Unique AMS Award — An interdisciplinary team of scientists, including meteorologists from the Navy Research Laboratory's (NRL) Marine Meteorology Division, received the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) unique "Special Award," Jan. 10. The team received the award for providing an innovative suite of satellite passive microwave products to the global tropical cyclone community via a tailored website, enabling enhanced storm monitoring.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory™s Marine Meteorology Division in Monterey, California, houses a team of scientists and engineers who work in conjunction with the lab™s broader scientific community to provide the fleet with the most accurate weather forecasts possible. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy.

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) logo.

USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53). Image courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command.

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